How to save money when organizing a wedding

We all love weddings! Party, dance, cake and nice music. But when you start to organize your own, you realize how expensive they actually are. So many things that cost a fortune and it is just for one night. I know that you might think that since it is your wedding you should pay all that money in order to have everything, but sometimes your budget is not that friendly and you have to think about alternatives as well. Also, to be honest, shouldn’t it be about celebrating your union with your soulmate and not about how expensive are the things that you buy for that night? Read below to see how you can organize an amazing wedding without having to take a loan for it.

Be honest about your budget

First and the most important step is to sit down with your soon-to-be bride or groom and discuss the money that you can afford to pay for all the wedding costs. In order to avoid any unpleasant situation, it is better to know right from the beginning if you need to be careful about the expenses or you can just buy whatever you find interesting.

Borrow from friends and family

Friends and family are the ones that love you both and surely want to support you with your big decision of getting married. So, they are going to be really helpful for organizing your wedding on a low budget if you ask them to. No, I do not want you to think that you should borrow more money from them because that is not really saving-up, it is? But you can buy things that you use for the party so that you do not have to buy new ones for something that you are just going to use for one night.

Handmade decorations

The decorations for the wedding parties cost a fortune and you can really avoid this expense. Be creative and design your own decorations and guest invitations. There are so many ideas online for handmade decorations and invitations and there is one more advantage, after the wedding, you can take them to a self storage unit and reuse them for other future parties.

Be the DJ

Hiring a DJ to take care of the entertainment for the wedding party will cost you a lot of money. What can you do to avoid it? A really fun and creative idea is to ask your guests to send you the name of their favorite song and create the playlist with all the songs. This way you save a lot of money and all your guests will have fun on the dancefloor for sure.

Choose an outdoor location

The biggest amount of money from your wedding budget usually goes for renting a place where to keep the party. However, outdoor weddings are getting more and more popular and they look enormously vintage and fashionable. You can find a wooden barn and have a rustically themed party, or go on the beach and enjoy a party on the hot sand next to the sound of the waves of the sea.